first edition Hardcover
(c.1969) · Berkeley/Los Angeles
by Eisner, Lotte H. (translated from the French by Roger Greaves)
Berkeley/Los Angeles: University of California Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj. (c.1969). First American Edition. Hardcover. [minor shelfwear, a little bit of yellow hi-liting in the text, one long sentence underlined in ink on page 51; jacket shows light surface wear, tiny closed tear at top rear hinge, short diagonal crease at top corner of front flap]. (B&W photographs) Classic critical/historical work on German cinema of the silent era and its theatrical roots. Originally published in France in 1952 (as "L'Ecran Demonaique"), it was revised and reissued in 1965; this translation (also published in England, by Thames & Hudson) incorporated some new material. . (Inventory #: 23434)